This issue commemorates the opening on 2 June 1975 of the Constituent Assembly, the result of Portugal’s first free and universal parliamentary election, replacing the (also ‘elected’) National Assembly of the dictatorial Estado Novo (New State) regime. The Constituent Assembly was thus called because it was an interim, one year long, parliament tasked to write a new democratic constitution.
The stamp shows two elements of the interior of São Bento Palace, a former 17th century Benedictine monastery that has been greatly extended and modified since it became the Portuguese parliament building in the mid-19th century. The two elements are a bust of the Republic, represented by the Roman goddess of agriculture Ceres, and the 1903 main session room.
- Assembly hall and Republic’s bust
The stamp was designed by João Machado, lithographed by the Mint on enamelled paper sheets of 5×10 stamps with perforation 12×12½, and was issued on 2 June 2000.
| Stamp | Print run | Afinsa | Gibbons | Michel | Scott | Yvert |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85.00 | 250,000 | 2704 | 2794 | 2447 |
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